baking friday :) Gingerbread Cookies, Christmas Tree Cookies, and Sugar Cookies! :)Festive Spirit!:)

"Jingle Bells! Jingle Bells!"- my nephew's Hunter, Jacob, Colby, Brody, Brayden, and Holly and i sang that today, during baking friday! :)



baking friday! :) calling all cookie monsters! :) hehe! :) cookie monsters! :) hehe! :) cookie monsters unite!!! :) it's baking friday! :) oh my! :) A super fun ,flour flying, Christmas themed baking friday adventure in the kitchen!!! :) This was so much fun!!! :) we had the flour flying in the air in the kitchen today, sharing lots of smiles, and festive Christmas time cheer as we had Christmas music playing ,and baked some awesome goodies! :) we were rockin around the Christmas kitchen today with lots of cheer! :) it's time for Christmas baking! :) come on over, for some baking friday goodies! :)



We sure do love our baking friday adventures, and sharing our adventures with everyone :) keeping with the tradition, a wonderfully wholesome tradition :) Today, the kids, Holly, and i baked Gingerbread cookies, Christmas Tree cookies, and Christmas Sugar cookies :) it was so much fun with lots of festive spirited cheer! :) we were singing along with Christmas songs in the kitchen today, celebrating our first of 4, Christmas themed baking friday adventures :) We're so happy and excited! :) Season's greetings, and Happy holiday's, from our hearts, and home to yours :)



Christmas Time Baking! :) hi angel friends! :) my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, healthy,and enjoying a wonderful day :) We're very heart happy and excited, to share in all of the seasonal festivities and traditions with everyone, that makes the holiday season so much fun ,very special, and memorable :) it's one of the most exciting times of the year, with all of the festive spirit the holiday's bring :) With Christmas trees decorating, lights, and all of the wholesome and sweet traditons that brings heart warming joy :) The moments of the season, are what makes the holiday's, memorable and heart warming :) one of our favorite Christmas time traditions, is baking and cooking :) There's lots of seasonal recipes, and trying new recipes :) We love bringing out our Christmas cook books :) it's so much fun baking and cooking, and also enjoying some Christmas time decorating, holiday movies, and so much more :) We cherish and treasure the very special joy, of getting to celebrate the holiday's with you all, our dear angel friends :) We wish everyone continued joy of a wonderful Christmas season :)



This morning, we had a beautiful new day rising and shining :) a very special friday tradition i love very much, is wishing my family, Holly,and friends, a happy baking friday, and i share with my family and Holly, your sweet happy baking friday wishes :) awww!:) You all are very nice, and sweet :)We're very happy and excited to have 4 Christmas themed baking friday adventures this month :) We love counting down the days, until it's time to bake! :) i was up early this morning ,enjoying some nice time here on DS, writing to friends, and getting ready for my early morning nature walk :) We love these golden bright sunny early mornings :) it got chilly cold here overnight, but thankfully the winds eased :) it's good hot tea/hot chocolate weather :) Holly and i have made some hot chocolate with marshmallows in recent days :) it's one of our favorite Christmas time treats :) i gathered a nice bowl of goodies this morning, and went outside into the December sunshine, for my nature walk :)



The December nature has a really sweet glow, that makes it shine bright :) it's amazing, how winter season is only weeks away from arriving, and very soon we'll be on snow watch :) We always hope for some winter wonderland snowfalls around Christmas time :) it's very neat to see the snow, and all of the Christmasy scenes like on Christmas cards :) i put lots of goodies in our backyard, for our nature friends :) They love their baking friday breakfast feasts :)Awww! :) Our nature friends are very happy, gathering the goodies :) it's been very active in our yard, and neighborhood in recent weeks :) Lots of birds, and squirrels visiting :) i heard a red cardinal this morning :) They visit often, especially during winter time :) the cardinals love the snow, and when it snows here, we always see some red cardinals :) they are like the official bird of Christmas time, and winter season :) Holly and i look forward to lots more nature walks, all throughout the season :) Happy nature smiles :)



It was a sweet spirited early morning :) We enjoyed our breakfast, and having some hot tea, water, and iced coffee :) Alyssa and Lisa brought us some nice iced coffees this morning :) it's very nice of them :) i began to gather our baking friday supplies, and Christmas decorations, and went out into our kitchen to begin setting up and decorating our kitchen, for our super fun adventure :) i love decorating, it's so much fun :) Today i decorated our kitchen with a happy holiday's, theme with Christmas kitchen towels, oven mits, and Christmas decorations :) our kitchen looked great! :) i love taking a picture of our kitchen decorated :) As the morning went on, Holly and i put some sports radio on :) We've been continuing to put some Christmas decorations around our living room :) We love decorating for the season : )Holly and i are very happy and thrilled, that everyone is enjoying seeing our Christmas decorations, her table, and my Christmas town :) it warms our hearts, and brings us smiles :) Around mid-day, we enjoyed a nice lunch, and during the early afternoon,i enjoyed some nice time here on DS, writing to friends :)



Around 3pm, Jenn and the kids came over, and the triplets, Brayden, Jacob, Colby, and Brody came over :) Lots of great spirited excitement in the air, as we're so happy and excited for our Christmas time baking friday adventures :) The kids are very excited for Christmas, and have been telling us some gifts they'd like for Christmas :) We love all of the spirited excitement of getting into the spirit of the season :) We all began to gather in our kitchen :) the kids love to select their spots at the kitchen counter :) the kids, Holly,and i got our picture taken in the kitchen :) it's a cool baking friday tradition :) You all are always right there with us in spirit, during these very special, spirited fun times :) Each week, we love to use our nice baking friday supplies that family and friends gave us over the years :) i wore my nice apron Holly gave me, and we used our Christmas oven mits, kitchen towels, and all of our supplies, are a big part of our seasonal baking each week :) Our kitchen was all set, and we were ready to bake some awesome goodies :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) Cookie monsters unite! :) it's time to bake! bake! bake! :)



We began our super fun adventure! :) baking friday teamwork! :) We first began to prepare the gingerbread cookies :) they're one of our favorite christmas cookies :) we love gingerbread cookies, with hot chocolate :) The kids love to help! :) They're great helpers! :) They all love to have a different ingredient to add into the bowl :) We were sharing lots of smiles, as we had some Christmas music playing on our samsung phone :) We played classics, like Jingle Bells, Holly Jolly Christmas, and lots more :) we were singing along with the Christmas songs :) my mom and Mikey came out into the kitchen at times, and you all were right there with us in spirit :) We added all of the ingredients into the bowl, and began to super stir! :) the kids were so excited to help Holly and i :) i got the baking pans ready for the cookies :) we got some plates, and the kids all got some gingerbread dough to make some gingerbreadmen, and christmas shaped cookies :)



We were sharing lots of smiles, preparing the cookies :) The kids were so excited each time they used the cookie cutters, they were making some awesome cookies :) i put the cookies onto the baking pan, and we put the cookies into the oven to bake :) As the gingerbread cookies were baking ,we made some nice Christmas shaped sugar cookies :) Earlier Holly and i made an extra batch of sugar cookie dough :) We also had some nice Pillsbury Christmas tree cookies :) the kids were having so much fun making the christmas shaped cookies, we made gingerbreadmen shape, also christmas tree shaped, along with christmas bell, christmas stockings :) i put the cookies onto the pan,and put some more cookies into the oven to bake :)



The cookies were baking nicely :) We did some cleaning up in the kitchen :) The first batch of gingerbread cookies finished baking :) they baked nicely : )We put some christmas tree themed cookies into the oven to bake : )We were all hanging out, and had some more Christmas songs on :) more cookies finished baking, i brought the cookies out of the oven to cool down :) i took some pictures of the cookies, and we all then began to dig in :) the cookies came out great! :) i'm gonna have gingerbread cookie with some hot chocolate this weekend :) We had so much fun baking christmas cookies today :) i thanked the kids, and Holly for helping bake :) We love these very special, spirited fun times, and are looking forward to lots more super fun baking friday adventures :) next week, we're going to bake some more Christmas goodies, and having some hot chocolate :) A very special shoutout for family and friends :) Lots of great baking, and cooking this week :) We love hearing about the nice goodies and foods, you all bake and cook :) We're all with eachother in spirit in our kitchens :) This is so much fun and very special! :) i wish we all could gather and have a big baking friday picnic :) Gingerbread Cookies, Christmas Tree Cookies, and Christmas Sugar Cookies, dedicated to our wonderful family, friends, and to the awesome spirit of the Christmas season : )We love you all, so very very much! :) many great memories made, to always cherish and treasure! :) baking friday! :) we love it!!! :) December 2nd, 2022 :) Happy baking friday everyone! :)



We're enjoying an awesome, festive day :) baking friday, and Christmas season spirit! :) We love it!!! :) my family, Holly,and i are doing well, healthy,and in good spirits :) it was so much fun baking goodies today :) We love these very special times, and all of the great memories being made :) The weekend is arriving with lots of seasonal spirit :) We love the weekend's :) Tomorrow, we're gonna go shopping at the dollar tree :) We're gonna buy some snacks, candy, and Christmas gifts :) Holly and i are going to have a Christmas movies marathon tomorrow, and going to watch a new movie tomorrow night :) We look forward to making popcorn, and may have some hot chocolate too :) on sunday, we're going to have a football party :) my mom's going to make homemade corn chowder :) we're also gonna have some nachos, and iced cold drinks :) it's gonna be an awesome weekend :) We're continuing to decorate our home for the holiday's :) my mom and dad bought Christmas lights for our front yard :) i look forward to sharing our weekend adventures, and pictures with everyone in my weekend journals :)



There's so much more to look forward too, as the holiday season shines :) Tonight, Holly and i are going to watch some episodes of Most Haunted show :) We love our fun, friday night paranormal party night's :) We're very happy,thankful,and blessed, to have you all in our lives,and to be able to share in these very special times of the season with you all :) Thank you angel friends, so very much ,for all that you do for us, for comforting us, uplifting our spirits, and for the very special joy you all bring our hearts :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our hearts :) Big group, happy sunny warm caring friendship hug :) We wish everyone a nice peaceful evening and night :) wishing everyone continued joys of a wonderful blossoming holiday season :)



-never lose hope :)



To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, we're enjoying an awesome day :) Today, the kids, Holly,and i baked Christmas tree cookies, and gingerbread cookies for baking friday :) We love these very special, spirited fun times, and all of the great holiday season spirit :) We're going to shop tomorrow, watching movies, and also going to watch football on sunday :) i'm enjoying my Christmas town display :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)



my mom, Holly,and family says hello :) We hope everyone is doing well, healthy,enjoying a wonderful day,and a really good baking friday :) awww! :) We love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) We think of you all often :) We're very heart happy and excited to share in and celebrate the holidya season with everyone :) You all make these times very special, and memorable for us :) We wish you everyone a healthy, safe,and peaceful weekend :)



Happy baking friday! :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) it's Christmas time baking! :) my family, Holly,and i are very happy, and excited! :) We love sharing in and celebrating the very special joys of the holiday season with everyone :) There's lots of great seasonal festivities, and traditions that makes the season so much fun, and very memorable :) One of our favorite traditions of Christmas time ,is baking and cooking :) Lots of great recipes, and trying new recipes :) Christmas cookies, brownies, and lots more :) we're ready for a whole new season of baking friday fun! :) We sure do love our baking friday adventures, and sharing our adventures with everyone :) this is a picture of our festive kitchen all set up, and decorated for our super fun adventure :) Today, the kids, Holly, and i are baking gingerbread cookies, and Christmas sugar cookies :) Thank you everyone ,so very much for joining us in our kitchen each week, and for welcoming us into your kitchens :) This is so much fun, and very special :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) Cookie monsters unite! :) it's time to bake! bake! bake! :)
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Baking friday Supplies! :) We have a very special shoutout,and thank you for my niece Alyssa :) She went shopping this week,and picked up baking friday supplies :) it's very nice and sweet of her :) Thank you Alyssa, so very much! :) We all love to chip in each week, to get the baking friday supplies :) We love this very special tradition in our lives :)
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Greetings, from our holiday kitchen to yours! :) The baking friday crew! :) The kids, Holly,and i got our picture taken in the kitchen :) it's a cool baking friday tradition :) You all are always right there with us in spirit, during these very special, spirited fun times :) We're very happy and excited, for a whole season of Christmas baking friday adventures :) Sharing lots of smiles, and festive spirited cheer! :)
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Baking friday teamwork! :) The kids love to help! :) they're great helpers! :) They get so proud, adding the ingredients, super stirring, and of course enjoying the goodies we bake :)We're so proud of the kids, and all that they're learning about baking,and cooking :) We love the holiday season,and baking lots of Christmas goodies :) Our Christmas baking friday's are some of our favorite adventures of the year :)
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The kids love to make funny faces! :) hehe! :)


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The kids were getting the flour flying in the air in the kitchen, and said "it's snowing!!!" :) 


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Gingerbread cookies, Christmas tree cookies, and Christmas sugar cookies! :) come on over, for some baking friday goodies! :) The kids, Holly, and i had a super fun time baking Christmas goodies :) We love the Christmas season, and are very happy and excited to share in all of the great fun times with everyone :) baking Christmas time goodies :) baking friday :)
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Replies

CoolGal
CoolGal

Hi Chris Glad you Holly and your family are doing well and enjoyed baking, The cookies came out great and the boys look like they had lots of fun today. Your kitchen decorations look very nice too, Hope you and Holly enjoy lots more decorating this weekend Along with shopping and football, The month of Dec is the best time of the year. Thanks for all my nice hugs today Have a good evening, Hugs to everyone-Stephanie =
bluemoon29
bluemoon29

It’s the best time of the year!! It’s especially good in your kitchen with the smell of gingerbread cookies!! Yummy!! Way to go baking team!

Thanks for sharing your joy with all of us:). Hugs!!
annieheart
annieheart

The boys are getting so big. You guys look like you were having so much fun baking. I bet eating all the goodies were fun too.Tis is the season to be Jolly!!
Lilysawyer
Lilysawyer

wow look at all those wonderful goodies. I am a cookie monster, as you know, so please send some gingerbread men and sugar cookies over here :D Happy Movie Sat!
JeanCarlin
JeanCarlin

You and Holly look nice and festive for your holiday baking and the boys sure do look like they had a great time and of course your cookies look yummy as usual, I’ll take a couple of each :-)
I hope you enjoy your shopping trip to the dollar tree and your movies today
Hugs Jeannie
Ladybug7
Ladybug7

Great pictures, Chris! Glad to hear you guys had fun singing Christmas songs and getting into the holiday spirit. Gingerbread cookies were always one of my faves. Hope you enjoy your Christmas movie marathon today! Love and hugs.
Squarley
Squarley

Calling all baking team wanted to tell you what a wonderful job you did look like it was so much fun and so delicious I could smell everything cooking look like the kids enjoyed decorating their wonderful special talents that they have so good to see you and Holly‘s face smiling and look like it was a wonderful baking day wonderful festive Christmas table thank you for sharing with us we love you and we will talk to you soon have a great weekend!!